MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 38.21,-85.64 Latitude: 38.21 Longitude: -85.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 169 23.4 8.9 40 14.5 14.8 312 7 296.4 297.7 287.8 317.3 7.17 1 1000 189 22.0 8.7 42 13.3 14.1 313 6 295.2 296.5 287.3 315.7 7.07 2 950 630 17.1 7.8 54 9.3 11.7 310 8 294.5 295.8 287.0 314.8 6.99 3 900 1087 12.5 6.8 68 5.7 9.3 307 8 294.4 295.6 286.9 314.4 6.90 4 850 1563 7.9 6.0 88 1.9 6.9 305 8 294.4 295.6 286.9 314.4 6.92 5 800 2059 3.9 3.3 96 0.6 3.6 291 9 295.3 296.4 286.4 313.1 6.07 6 750 2582 3.1 -20.6 16 23.7 -4.1 307 16 300.0 300.2 282.7 303.2 0.99 7 700 3139 1.9 -25.5 11 27.4 -5.7 301 21 304.6 304.7 284.1 306.9 0.68 8 650 3732 -1.4 -18.5 26 17.0 -7.0 297 26 307.3 307.6 285.9 311.8 1.37 9 600 4364 -5.8 -19.3 34 13.5 -9.9 290 30 309.5 309.7 286.8 314.0 1.39 10 550 5039 -10.9 -25.6 29 14.7 -14.5 283 37 311.1 311.3 286.8 314.1 0.86 11 500 5763 -16.1 -29.0 32 12.9 -18.8 280 37 313.4 313.5 287.3 315.8 0.69 12 450 6548 -21.3 -30.3 44 9.0 -22.9 276 42 316.5 316.6 288.3 318.9 0.69 13 400 7406 -27.3 -35.0 48 7.6 -28.4 271 52 319.5 319.6 289.1 321.3 0.49 14 350 8353 -33.8 -49.7 19 15.9 -35.0 269 59 323.2 323.2 289.9 323.6 0.12 15 300 9415 -42.0 -52.7 30 10.6 -42.6 268 68 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.5 0.10 16 250 10625 -49.2 -61.8 22 12.6 -49.6 268 73 332.8 332.9 292.5 333.0 0.04 17 200 12085 -49.8 -69.1 9 19.3 -50.3 267 76 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.02 18 150 13955 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 267 60 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16534 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 272 37 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5573.82 m Freezing level: 671.69 mb = 3474.91 m = 11400.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 776.59 mb = 2299.83 m = 7545.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.81 % Est. max temperature: 21.45 C = 70.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.30 mb = 1964.85 m = 6446.28 ft T: 4.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 11.26 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.68 mb = 1840.53 m = 6038.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.98 C = 71.56 F Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lifted Index: 3.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.69 C Showalter Index: 3.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 2.59 Risk: None Sweat Index: 125.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.81 mb = 1809.42 m = 5936.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.81 mb = 1959.71 m = 6429.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 779.81 mb = 2266.37 m = 7435.50 ft B at Equ Level: 8.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 749.81 mb = 2583.83 m = 8477.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.7 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 320.7 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.7 neg: -0.7 tot: 22.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 31.56 m/s